Scarbrough et al v. Porter-Cable Corporation et al

Filing 85

ORDER granting 84 Motion for Testing. Signed by Magistrate Judge F. Keith Ball on December 9, 2011. (WS)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
JACKSON DIVISION

GRADY SCARBROUGH, et al.

PLAINTIFFS

VS.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:09CV644‐CWR‐FKB

BLACK & DECKER (U.S.) Inc.,
BRIGGS AND STRATTON CORPORATION,
and JOHN DOES I through X

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
THIS ACTION is before the Court on the agreement of the plaintiffs and defendants for
entry of an order permitting testing on the urine specimen taken from decedent William Matthew
Scarbrough that is in the possession, custody or control of MedScreens Inc., 720 Highway 80
East, Flowood, Mississippi 39232-0565, and/or of Dr. Christopher Long, 6039 Helen Street, Saint
Louis, Missouri 63134. The Court, having considered the matter, orders as follows:
1.

MedScreens Inc. and/or Dr. Christopher Long shall use standard procedures

to test the urine specimen in their possession, custody or control of decedent William Matthew
Scarbrough (MedScreens Inc. client numbers 09-147, Scott County, Mississippi) for the presence
of stereo isomers and to distinguish and quantitate the D and L forms of the isomers.
2.

MedScreens Inc. and/or Dr. Christopher Long shall prepare a report

showing the results of testing done on the decedent’s urine and shall provide the report to the
following:

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Nathan C. VanDer Veer
Freese & Goss, PLLC
2031 2nd Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203-3703
E-mail: [e-mail]
Fax: [phone]
Roy A. Smith Jr.
Daniel Coker Horton & Bell
P.O. Box 1084
Jackson, MS 39215-1084
[e-mail]
Fax: [phone]

Lewis W. Bell
Watkins & Eager PLLC
P.O. Box 650
Jackson, MS 39205
E-mail: [e-mail]
Fax: [phone]
Michael D. Simmons
COSMlCH, SIMMONS &: BROWN, PlLC
Post Office Box 22626
Jackson, Mississippi 39225-2626
[e-mail]
Fax: [phone]

3.

Defendant Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. shall pay the cost of the test(s).

4.

Plaintiffs reserve the right to challenge the admissibility of the testing or any

results of such testing contemplated in this order. This order shall not constitute a waiver of the
plaintiffs’ rights to make such a challenge or challenges.
SO ORDERED this the 9th day of December 2011.
s/ F. Keith Ball__________________
U.S. Magistrate Judge
AGREED:

/s/ Richard R. Freese
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS

/s/ Lewis W. Bell
ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT
BLACK & DECKER (U.S.) INC.

/s/Roy A. Smith, Jr.
ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT
BRIGGS & STRATTON INC.
/s/ Michael D. Simmons
SUNDOWNER TRAILERS, INC.

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